Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not want to part with the medium-wave lengths which allowed simulcasting on both FM and medium-wave , so that the deficiencies of one could be remedied by the other . |
| 2 | Thus a Representative from a Midwestern State will not want to serve on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee , but would probably covet a place on either the Agriculture Committee or the Appropriations Committee ( especially its Agriculture Subcommittee ) . |
| 3 | ‘ You 'd have to signal in advance which issues you regarded as a matter of confidence — for instance , the Tories might have a crack at coal privatisation but might not want to go to the country on it if they failed . ’ |
| 4 | She did not want to go to the beach because the beach meant the bikini , and spending all afternoon sucking in her gut and wondering why her skin went straight from fishbelly white to lobster red while all the other kids had golden tans . |
| 5 | If you do not want to go to the police , ring Sunday Life on Belfast 331133 ext 4316 and your message will be passed on to the McDermotts . |
| 6 | I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax . |
| 7 | Observers see the Royal couple no longer enjoy each other 's company and reports reveal Diana did not want to go on the trip . |
| 8 | At first Lindy did not want to go over the wall . |
| 9 | As soon as the redundancies were announced , just over half of those who retired before the pension age decided that they did not want to go through the process of trying to find work . |
| 10 | However we do not want to engage in the quantitative issue for the moment , but stay with the relationship between the theoretical concept and its operational definition . |
| 11 | She turned up when Laura was married in 1984 and she stood at the back of the church because she did not want to detract from the bride 's big day . |
| 12 | While I do not want to detract from the bilinguals ' versatility or the value of their multicultural experience , I will argue in this chapter that in fact monolinguals have broadly the same range of linguistic " powers " as bilinguals have , though sometimes these are manifested in other ways . |
| 13 | A cat does not want to die with the smell of humanity in his nostrils and the noise of humanity in his delicate peaked ears . |
| 14 | Rain did not want to explain to the others . |
| 15 | ‘ We did not want to call off the current tour because it would have created immense resentment back home among the players . |
| 16 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 17 | Cricket club president Brian Kneeshaw has said the club does not want to move from the Green Lane site . |
| 18 | I do not want to carp about the work of the Committee . |
| 19 | The weekly paper for the young and independent , published today , asked 500 12 to 15-year-olds how happy they were at home and 79 per cent said they did not want to leave before the age of 18 . |
| 20 | Henry did not want to talk about the redevelopment of Wimbledon town centre . |
| 21 | No wonder the right hon. Gentleman did not want to talk about the Bill . |
| 22 | He did not want to talk about the woman in Dundalk , though , the double life , the scenes and drunken violence . |
| 23 | ‘ I do not want to talk about the number of jobs likely to go because we are currently in discussion with the union . ’ |
| 24 | One of the reasons for this , she explains , is that quite a lot of the small and medium-size firms in her area ( Hampshire , Dorset and Sussex ) do not want to recruit from the Big Six where most of the redundancies have been made . |
| 25 | Brendan Ormsby 's transfer from Leeds United to Cardiff City was called off yesterday after the defender decided he did not want to play in the Third Division . |
| 26 | ‘ Your father did not want to pay for the doctor , while the priest 'e comes free ! |
| 27 | . I decided that I did not want to stay until the moment of his death , I wanted to remember him living … but I decided that I wanted to stay just to ensure that he was in a deep peaceful sleep , that he was n't going to suffer … and that 's what I did . |
| 28 | In his letter he stated : ’ Such a development will cause me no little difficulty — especially from the SNP ! if you and Douglas Hurd judge that the UK 's overall interests will be best served then I would not want to stand in the way of UKAEA 's involvement . ’ |
| 29 | Martin Browne had suggested to him that he might like to revise certain scenes for this new production , but Eliot declined the opportunity — he did not want to tamper with the play , because he would have felt compelled to make further and extensive changes . |
| 30 | Paul does not want to think about the Poll Tax . |